Often I meet men who tell me that they are comfortable in the clothes they wear, even though they admit that they don’t look good in them. Most of them don’t see the benefit in dressing up and so they just wear cargo pants, flip flops, and T-shirts.

Most men don’t realize that they could probably earn more money, attract more attention from potential partners, and be taken more seriously if they dressed well. Of course, dressing is a process and it takes some time, but at the end of the day, it is always worth it. When I was growing up, my personal style was not developed at all — my parents didn’t care too much about clothing — and so I just wore whatever I had without any concern for style. At the age of 14 and 15 I started to develop an interest in style, but it wasn’t an overnight success. Especially in the beginning, I had to try out some things before I found the style I really liked. Over the years, I have noticed a number of changes that happened after I began dressing well and improved my style. In this article, I would like to highlight 101 things that will likely change for you if you dress better.

Before we start though, I want to share a “before” photo when I dressed poorly and an “after” that represents my style now. It’s a world of a difference — but what I want to show you is that any man can make the decision to dress better. Will you master the art of clothing in a few days, weeks or months? Unlikely — but you will continuously improve and after a while you’ll feel uncomfortable look at “before” pictures of yourself because you have come such a long way.

Before, I was wearing short sleeved shirts in black with designer pockets, white pants and square-toed shoes, a leather jacket with gaping collar and a horrible printed silk tie along with with a cheap straw hats and equally cheap belts.

A few years later, I wore a stroller suit that fit me well and even a white tie ensemble. I know you can change your style too, and I am sure many good things will happen to you because of it.

Great article! Here’s a true story. For most of my life the highest pinnacle of sartorial elegance to which I aspired was tatty jeans and an oversize lumberjack shirt. Then a while ago I came across this website by accident and something connected. I think I had known for a while that the way I dressed probably wasn’t doing my business any good, and it gave me the push I needed to start making some changes. So I bought a few nice clothes which I tried on at home, but for some weeks they felt so alien and ‘not me’ that I couldn’t bring myself to wear them outside the house.

Finally I plucked up the courage, got dressed up and went for a walk around town. It was a Saturday, and it was heaving with people. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so awkward or out of place in my life, I felt a total fraud, an imposter, and was sure that everyone must be laughing at me. Then it started to rain, and I didn’t have an umbrella, and I was wearing these rather nice chelsea boots for the first time and, being a neophyte, I had not scrubbed the soles before wearing them and—well you can guess what happened—I slipped and fell: not just a little trip, but a monumentally impressive flailing crash onto my backside.

So I lay there, hardly able to move and genuinely wishing I was dead, when I found a woman leaning over me with a concerned look on her face. “Are you alright Sir?”, she said. SIR! No one ever called me ‘Sir’! Not even waiters called me ‘Sir’. And instead of being a general source or mirth and hilarity as I expected (and as would usually have been the case in my town) I found myself surrounded by a sympathetic crowd who picked me up, brushed me down and asked me if I was OK, and sent me on my way. And I realised that no one was thinking, “who’s that clumsy oaf”, they were just thinking, “what a shame that nice gentleman has fallen down”. And at that moment I finally got it. Appearance is an incredibly powerful thing, and that realisation has opened doors that would otherwise have remained forever closed. So thank you, Sven, I salute you, and all you stand for.

When I sat for my first (and only) interview that launched my successful career of more than thirty-six years, the individual for whom I would work told me I needn’t “dress up” every day. That was alien to me! Dad and Mother were very glamorous and knew how to live–and dress. Mother often said most men looked terrific in black tie. They were stylish. While Mother shopped at Bergdorf, Dad enjoyed Brooks Bros. My brother and I graduated from Best & Co. and moved on to Brooks Bros. I learned from Dad that if you want to be taken seriously, you need not only the proper clothes, but you also need the confidence to wear them. I never go to a doctor’s appointment without, at the very least, wearing a blue blazer, usually a silk bow tie, and finely crafted shoes. In hospital hallways I’ve been greeted with “Hello, Doctor.” But the real reason I dress is that physicians spend more time with me than they do with patients wearing sweat pants, crumpled tee shirts, and filthy sneakers. And I thank Mother and Dad for teaching me how to look and feel my best at such a young age.